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October 10. 2001 Vol. 30 No. 05
veu eve annual giving
campaign launches
- Page2
Scientists develop
high-tech bandage
Democracy. diversity and
dissent: a teach-in at veu
-Page3
Candidates s", before full house, TV audience
The ~ ............... .... ""'"- Fonner Gov.nor L DougIaa Wilder. __ of
the ............. with Pruident ~ P. Trani
............befooethe ........ _ .
_~ ......... .a..f.te..r othne _ de_ba tbey a _ncIe_ct. th oef CjoIIuImIdaidIal8tMta IDI IIeftI ......... ...., IRI _ the tIIInI ...
VIrginIIo. but the fIret to be ........ ___ Jockeying for ~
VCU Health System named a top hospital system
by Michael Ford
University News Services
The VCUHS has been named one of
the top hospital systems in the nation by
consumers, according to a survey conduct~
ed by the National Research Corp., rank·
ing hospitals based on quality and image
for overall health care services.
VCUHS's Medical College of Virginia
Hospitals and Physicians and Henrico
Doctors' Hospital are co-winners for the
Richmond market and represenr two of
Inaugural Pharmacy Ceremony
To initieIe1heirfirstl!llll1ll$lllt 1he 110Slildlln1s
fIan 1he Sd1IlOI of Pharmat:y's tIass 012005 took
!he Pharmacy StIXlent Oath and r~ 1helr
~ coalS. Dean VItIOr YanclIick; AJ,D .. helped
!he SIiIdIln1s put on 1he coats as a S'/IIIIlDI of pr0-
fessional COII'IIIIiIrnentD!he program,
three award recipients for the entire state,
'We are especially ptoud of this ranking
because it is based on consumers' assess#
ments of how well we are doing our job,"
said Dr, Eugene p, Trani, president of VCU
and chairman of the VCU Health System.
"To be included among some of the
nation's most respected health care systems
is a distinct and very gratifying honor."
VCUHS shares this top ranking with
120 other hospital systems nationwide,
including Johns Hopkins Hospital, Yale­New
Haven Hospital and Duke University
Medical Center. This is the third time in
the six years that NRC has conducted the
survey that VCUHS has received this
prestigious honor. VCUHS received the
award twice in 1999 - for Hean Care
Services and Overall Excellence.
In addition, U.S, News & World
Repon has recognized VCUHS for leader­ship
in neurology, neurosurgety, orthope­dics,
respiratory disorders, digestive tract,
rehabilitation and gynecology. VCUHS
also is a recognized leader in early diagno­sis
and treatment of chest pain and
strokes, organ transplant, head and spinal
cord trauma research, bum and wound
healing, neonatal intensive care and
genetic research and for its multidiscipli­nary
centers for cancer, cardiology, neuro~
surgety and transplantation.
Winners were selected based on results
from the 2001 NRC Healthcare Market
Guide study of more than 150,000 house­holds,
representing 400,000 consumers in
markets throughout the United States.
The announcement will appear in an
upcoming issue of Modem Healtlu:are.
Kristy Abaro, Strategy and Marketing, VCU
Health System, contributed to this article.
VCU Alumni Association: Name that campus!
by J. Suzanne Horsley
University News Services
The Virginia Commonwealth University Alumni Association
is soliciting ideas from students, faculty, staff and alumni to help
rename the "Academic Campus."
"We want to make it clear that each campus is pan of a bigger
institution," said Bill !les, Ph.D., executive director of Alumni
Activities. "By giving the Academic Campus a more descriptive
name, either based on its location, landmarks, histoty or some
other factor, it will make it clearer that this campus is pan of a
whole, which is VCU."
!les gave examples of the Fan Campus, the Franklin Street
Campus and the Cobblestone Campus as suggestions that have
already been made to more accurately describe the campus. The
MCV Campus name will not change.
The alumni association continues to collect several suggestions
and is looking for more. Led by the association's immediate past
president, Hugh Keogh, the alumni board's executive committee,
with representatives from numerous other campus entities and
organizations, will review suggestions and forward five recom­mendations
to President Eugene P. Trani, PhD. to submit to the
&lard of Visitors in the spring.
"I'm excited about the renaming of the campus, because I think
it will ultimately help us with our university branding opportuni­ties,"
said Dr. Trani.
If you have a name to submit or would like to review names
already submitted, visit VCU's Web site at www.vcu.edu and click
on "What's in a Name?' You also can call the Alumni Activities
office at 828-2586 or fax suggestions to 828-8197. The deadline .
for submissions is Oct. 30.
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October 10. 2001 Vol. 30 No. 05
veu eve annual giving
campaign launches
- Page2
Scientists develop
high-tech bandage
Democracy. diversity and
dissent: a teach-in at veu
-Page3
Candidates s", before full house, TV audience
The ~ ............... .... ""'"- Fonner Gov.nor L DougIaa Wilder. __ of
the ............. with Pruident ~ P. Trani
............befooethe ........ _ .
_~ ......... .a..f.te..r othne _ de_ba tbey a _ncIe_ct. th oef CjoIIuImIdaidIal8tMta IDI IIeftI ......... ...., IRI _ the tIIInI ...
VIrginIIo. but the fIret to be ........ ___ Jockeying for ~
VCU Health System named a top hospital system
by Michael Ford
University News Services
The VCUHS has been named one of
the top hospital systems in the nation by
consumers, according to a survey conduct~
ed by the National Research Corp., rank·
ing hospitals based on quality and image
for overall health care services.
VCUHS's Medical College of Virginia
Hospitals and Physicians and Henrico
Doctors' Hospital are co-winners for the
Richmond market and represenr two of
Inaugural Pharmacy Ceremony
To initieIe1heirfirstl!llll1ll$lllt 1he 110Slildlln1s
fIan 1he Sd1IlOI of Pharmat:y's tIass 012005 took
!he Pharmacy StIXlent Oath and r~ 1helr
~ coalS. Dean VItIOr YanclIick; AJ,D .. helped
!he SIiIdIln1s put on 1he coats as a S'/IIIIlDI of pr0-
fessional COII'IIIIiIrnentD!he program,
three award recipients for the entire state,
'We are especially ptoud of this ranking
because it is based on consumers' assess#
ments of how well we are doing our job"
said Dr, Eugene p, Trani, president of VCU
and chairman of the VCU Health System.
"To be included among some of the
nation's most respected health care systems
is a distinct and very gratifying honor."
VCUHS shares this top ranking with
120 other hospital systems nationwide,
including Johns Hopkins Hospital, Yale­New
Haven Hospital and Duke University
Medical Center. This is the third time in
the six years that NRC has conducted the
survey that VCUHS has received this
prestigious honor. VCUHS received the
award twice in 1999 - for Hean Care
Services and Overall Excellence.
In addition, U.S, News & World
Repon has recognized VCUHS for leader­ship
in neurology, neurosurgety, orthope­dics,
respiratory disorders, digestive tract,
rehabilitation and gynecology. VCUHS
also is a recognized leader in early diagno­sis
and treatment of chest pain and
strokes, organ transplant, head and spinal
cord trauma research, bum and wound
healing, neonatal intensive care and
genetic research and for its multidiscipli­nary
centers for cancer, cardiology, neuro~
surgety and transplantation.
Winners were selected based on results
from the 2001 NRC Healthcare Market
Guide study of more than 150,000 house­holds,
representing 400,000 consumers in
markets throughout the United States.
The announcement will appear in an
upcoming issue of Modem Healtlu:are.
Kristy Abaro, Strategy and Marketing, VCU
Health System, contributed to this article.
VCU Alumni Association: Name that campus!
by J. Suzanne Horsley
University News Services
The Virginia Commonwealth University Alumni Association
is soliciting ideas from students, faculty, staff and alumni to help
rename the "Academic Campus."
"We want to make it clear that each campus is pan of a bigger
institution" said Bill !les, Ph.D., executive director of Alumni
Activities. "By giving the Academic Campus a more descriptive
name, either based on its location, landmarks, histoty or some
other factor, it will make it clearer that this campus is pan of a
whole, which is VCU."
!les gave examples of the Fan Campus, the Franklin Street
Campus and the Cobblestone Campus as suggestions that have
already been made to more accurately describe the campus. The
MCV Campus name will not change.
The alumni association continues to collect several suggestions
and is looking for more. Led by the association's immediate past
president, Hugh Keogh, the alumni board's executive committee,
with representatives from numerous other campus entities and
organizations, will review suggestions and forward five recom­mendations
to President Eugene P. Trani, PhD. to submit to the
&lard of Visitors in the spring.
"I'm excited about the renaming of the campus, because I think
it will ultimately help us with our university branding opportuni­ties"
said Dr. Trani.
If you have a name to submit or would like to review names
already submitted, visit VCU's Web site at www.vcu.edu and click
on "What's in a Name?' You also can call the Alumni Activities
office at 828-2586 or fax suggestions to 828-8197. The deadline .
for submissions is Oct. 30.
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